Something as simple as trying a new beer could be put on hold as long as the government shutdown continues. Among the federal agencies hit by the shutdown is the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which regulates the alcoholic beverage industry.Breweries have to apply for a permit and receive approval from the TTB before they can begin operations.Those processes have been put on hold, explained Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association, a nonprofit trade association. "So, it could delay some brewery openings once the shutdown is lifted."Consumers could also feel the effects, Gatza said. Breweries must get new beers approved through the TTB before they can make them available to the public."If the shutdown goes on for an extended time," Gatza said. "Beer drinkers won't see much in the way of innovative new brands on the shelves where they buy beer."In Wisconsin, Lakefront Brewery is having to put new beers on hold."It's our business. We have to do this. We have to keep rolling. Everybody out there loves a new beer coming out. If you're not getting this, you'll have to start drinking your brother-in-law’s home brew if you want something new," Lakefront Brewery owner Russ Klisch said.Dustin Jeffers is operations manager at Salt Water Brewery in Delray Beach, Florida.The brewery is introducing a new fruit beer next month and are glad they submitted the paperwork early. Dustin Jeffers said, “We've kind of been ahead of everything. So, our new beer that's coming out, we already have that approved.”Republicans and Democrats have made virtually no progress toward reaching any kind of a deal that would end the standoff over the president's border wall that triggered the shutdown.The president continues to insist on more than $5 billion in funding for a border wall, and congressional Democrats refuse to provide it.As the shutdown has dragged on, the president has increasingly talked about the possibility of declaring a national emergency in an effort to secure border funding, a move that would be expected to face legal challenge if it happened.The lapse in funding has affected roughly a quarter of the federal government, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the Interior Department and the State Department.An estimated 800,000 federal workers have been impacted by either by having to work without pay while it lasts or by being furloughed.CNN has contributed to this article.

Something as simple as trying a new beer could be put on hold as long as the government shutdown continues.

"It's our business. We have to do this. We have to keep rolling. Everybody out there loves a new beer coming out. If you're not getting this, you'll have to start drinking your brother-in-law’s home brew if you want something new," Lakefront Brewery owner Russ Klisch said.

The brewery is introducing a new fruit beer next month and are glad they submitted the paperwork early.

Dustin Jeffers said, “We've kind of been ahead of everything. So, our new beer that's coming out, we already have that approved.”

Republicans and Democrats have made virtually no progress toward reaching any kind of a deal that would end the standoff over the president's border wall that triggered the shutdown.

The president continues to insist on more than $5 billion in funding for a border wall, and congressional Democrats refuse to provide it.

As the shutdown has dragged on, the president has increasingly talked about the possibility of declaring a national emergency in an effort to secure border funding, a move that would be expected to face legal challenge if it happened.

The lapse in funding has affected roughly a quarter of the federal government, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the Interior Department and the State Department.

An estimated 800,000 federal workers have been impacted by either by having to work without pay while it lasts or by being furloughed.